The dignitaries of Coldwind City are going to have a hard time.
The Arad family, the Lehman family, the Minos family, or the leaders of the wizarding group, such as Rao and Piero.
The city is like a storm in a teacup. In terms of money and power, no one accepts anyone.
But someone has to clean up the situation.
Finally, Victor Hugo was invited to be in charge of finances, but the way the uncle collects taxes is really special-whoever has a lot of trade and who collects more taxes.
The "Harmony Chamber of Commerce" has the largest trade volume, so half of the tax revenue of Coldwind City comes from Your Excellency Hugo himself. He did not hesitate to accept it.
After tax can be collected, the uncle requires that one-third of the tax must be used for urban construction. Two-thirds are allocated by the parliament.
It is said that His Excellency Hugo has already paid more money, but the city council is still arguing over this distribution ratio. But no one can help but accept it.
The "Harmonious Chamber of Commerce" will make tax public, all accounts can be checked, and more than 30,000 gold coins are collected in the first month.
This number shocked all the powers of the parliament, which meant that the monthly trade volume of Coldwind City exceeded 300,000 gold coins.
No one has ever made detailed statistics in the past, nor has it been possible to make statistics. But the rich and powerful always have an estimate in their hearts that the previous trade volume definitely did not exceed one hundred thousand gold coins.
This only shows that the "Harmonious Chamber of Commerce" has greatly promoted the circulation of commodities and increased the volume of trade.
In this regard, the rich and powerful want to evade tax. But the "Harmonious Chamber of Commerce" is like a network. With its advantages in logistics and technology, it can provide faster, more convenient and better services.
Even accounting is more professional.
No one can do without it.
In order to give allowances to the wizards and knights, the Long-legged family spends 15,000 gold coins every month. Various public services cost five thousand.
In order to maintain this expenditure, Coldwind City mainly collects agricultural tax, mining tax and head tax, and it squeezes the poor and businessmen from the bottom.
In the past, the average monthly taxes never exceeded 25,000 gold coins, and the cost of tax collection was particularly high. Sometimes the long-legged family has to lose money when the year is bad.
Now he is changing for Your Excellency Hugo to collect taxes, and he can easily collect 30,000 gold coins. Half of it was provided by him himself.
The dignitaries of the parliament do not know how to evaluate this matter. They wanted to make a few noises, but found that they didn't know how to speak.
I can't scold myself for being too incompetent in the past.
His Excellency Hugo was in charge of the money bag and immediately demanded reforms to the existing policies of Coldwind City.
First, cut the monthly salary.
The nobles and wizards no longer enjoy the free salary. If you want money, you have to make it yourself, either by holding a public office, doing business, or operating land.
With this cut, the parliament was so heated that Victor Hugo was almost knocked down again. No one wants to be quiet even if Speaker Allard knocks on the table.
Second, amend the law to give more power to the poor at the bottom, encourage population circulation, and establish basic medical and social security.
Veto, veto, veto!
Hearing the need to treat the poor as human beings, the Hall of Winter is full of the clamor of councillors. No one listened to the detailed statement of Vice Speaker Hugo at all, they only knew they were upset.
Third, form a unified military force and reorganize the urban management system.
The lawmakers strongly demand that no matter what power or system is, they must be under their control. All key positions must be held by them. Otherwise, it will not be approved.
Finally, make a major construction of the city. Roads, houses, sewers, repairs that should be repaired, demolitions that should be demolished, and accessibility. Otherwise, Coldwind City will soon become a large slum.
The deputies clamored again and only asked to repair their own roads and infrastructure. The life and death of other houses had nothing to do with them.
Stupid, selfish, and short-sighted, one by one, self-proclaimed noble guys sat in the winter hall, wearing the most gorgeous clothes, but arguing like shrews.
Standing on the stage, Zhou Qingfeng announced the plan unhurriedly, throwing a cup under the stage, spitting, and spitting on a chair. All kinds of human inferiorities were undoubtedly revealed.
In the noisy environment, he just continued his own preaching: "I am not here to ask you to approve anything. I just want to spend money so that you don't get in the way of me."
With a snap of his fingers, Todd carried a large box and placed it in the middle of the hall. The lid of the box was opened, and inside were silver gleaming platinum coins.
"This is the 20,000 tax of last month. I have handed it over to you. As for my policy, I will implement it myself." Zhou Qingfeng turned to leave after speaking.
Todd dropped the cash box and followed Zhou Qingfeng with a laugh.
The originally noisy Winter Winter Hall was instantly quiet, with more than a hundred pairs of eyes staring at the platinum coins placed on the central ground, greedy.
Old Allard held a hammer in his hand, quickly rushed to the rostrum and knocked twice, yelling: "I announce as the speaker, this money..."
唰唰唰唰唰... ...
The eyes of more than a hundred pairs of powerful congressmen in the city were all fixed on the old Allard. Everyone stared at each other, as if they would kill each other immediately as long as they heard unsatisfactory words.
The old Allard was so gloomy and cunning all his life that he shuddered after being stared at by so many people. The words behind him reached his lips, but he didn't say anything, "Do you think how to spend this money?"
It has been quarreling for a few months, and everyone knows that the contradiction is too deep, and no one can convince everyone. Everyone objected to this money, and it was another infighting.
But everyone gathered in the Winter Hall to avoid infighting.
"I now feel that I can support His Excellency Hugo's motion on rebuilding the urban management system." There was a sound in the hall, and it was a member of Lehman's house.
Everyone frowned, thinking left and right.
"The proposal to rebuild urban public facilities is also okay. Every time it rains, it will be flooded, which also affects us." On the other side, the Minos family's patriarch was also relieved.
"If everyone doesn't want a monthly salary, I think it's acceptable to save this money," said Rao, the chief of Plastic Energy.
The powerful tycoon spoke, and the remaining congressmen looked left and right.
Anyone who dares to embezzle 20,000 gold coins will immediately become a public enemy. But if you simply divide the spoils, it will not do any good to the whole group.
What is needed now is a compromise. Even a little bit.
The noisy congressmen had to calm down and show agreement instead. If you can really spend 20,000 gold coins in the public domain, it will be good for everyone.
However, once the money is handed over, it will never be returned to Zhou Qingfeng's hands. The parliament has picked a few of the weakest members to keep the money.
As for how to spend it, it was another endless quarrel.
There are dozens of seats in the corner of the Winter Hall. Alchemist Jason and a group of low-ranking nobles sat in it. They only have the right to listen, not the right to speak.
When Zhou Qingfeng threw 20,000 platinum coins, Jason sighed in his heart. He stood up slowly, chasing the former.
Again, again!
These scenes are so familiar, they can only respond with a wry smile.
In terms of differentiation, Jason has never seen anyone more skilled than Victor Hugo. Money, power, knowledge, the new lord can always come up with exchanges that are hard to refuse.
Whenever you think you are taking advantage, you end up making wedding dresses for Your Excellency Hugo.
After the Long-legged family was forced to leave Coldwind City, His Excellency Hugo ran to build his own territory. Jason once thought that he would not disturb things anymore, but now he realizes that this kid is better than anyone else.
The Arad family power is not enough to convince the public, and it has not been able to gain control of the city for half a year. From the noisy to infighting in the city from the beginning, nothing was resolved.
Victor Hugo has no interest in these chaos, and he is determined to work outside the city, and watch the fire from the shore to do business with all parties in the city.
The reason why the infighting in the city is so serious is that the trade of the "Harmonious Chamber of Commerce" has greatly activated the consumption power of the powerful.
Many people have soared in strength like a shotgun change, and then they fought even more inexorably.
The consumption of internal fighting is too tragic, each family has blood feuds, but they have to sit down and negotiate.
When the parliament was formed, Zhou Qingfeng jumped out and assumed the post of Vice-President of Coldwind City, taking financial power in his hands.
Jason chased outside the Winter Hall, and sighed again in his heart, "Everyone can't escape."
Zhou Qingfeng had already stepped on the back of Jiying, turned his head to see Jason approaching, and smiled: "You can't stand those idiots too?"
Jason smiled bitterly: "Your Excellency Hugo, those guys are not your opponent at all. Sooner or later they will have to pay for their stupidity."